baro-, bar-, bary- +
(Greek: weight, heavy; atmospheric pressure; a combining form meaning "pressure", as in barotaxis, or sometimes "weight", as in baromacrometer)
In an extended sense, these elements may mean "difficult" or "slow".
1. A conscious loss of being able to appreciate the weight of objects held in the hand, or to differentiate objects of different weights: "Abarognosis is a physical situation whereby a person does not have the ability to estimate the weight of an object that he or she is holding."
2. Loss of the sense of weight; being unaware of any weight: "The condition of abarognosis is indicated when the weight of something is not recognized; such as, when an object is placed in a person's hand."
2. Loss of the sense of weight; being unaware of any weight: "The condition of abarognosis is indicated when the weight of something is not recognized; such as, when an object is placed in a person's hand."
Not having the perception of weight: "The doctor was not able to determine the cause of Claude's abarognosis or why he couldn't feel the empty glass in his hand."
baragnosis, baragnosia, baroagnosis
1. The inability to appreciate or estimate weight.
2. Loss of the sense of weight.
2. Loss of the sense of weight.
baranesthesia
1. Insensibility to weight or pressure on the body.
2. The inability to perceive pressure.
2. The inability to perceive pressure.
baresthesia, baryesthesia
1. The sensibility to weight or pressure on the body.
2. The ability to sense, or to perceive, pressure anywhere on the body.
2. The ability to sense, or to perceive, pressure anywhere on the body.
baresthesiometer
An instrument for measuring the sense of pressure.
barhypesthesia
Impairment of deep pressure sensation.
bariatrician
A health practitioner specializing in bariatrics.
bariatrics, bariatric
1. That branch of medicine concerned with the management
(prevention or control) of obesity and allied diseases.
2. The field of medicine that offers treatment for the person who is overweight with a comprehensive program including diet and nutrition, exercise, behavior modification, lifestyle changes and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications.
2. The field of medicine that offers treatment for the person who is overweight with a comprehensive program including diet and nutrition, exercise, behavior modification, lifestyle changes and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications.
Bariatrics also includes research into overweight, its causes, prevention, and treatment.
baric (BAR ik)
1. In physics, a reference to weight; especially, that of the atmosphere.
2. Relating to barometric pressure (as in isobar) or to weight generally.
2. Relating to barometric pressure (as in isobar) or to weight generally.
baricity
The weight or density of a substance in comparison to a different substance at similar conditions of temperature and atmospheric pressure.
baroceptor
In physiology, a pressure-sensitive receptor organ of the nervous system, found, for example, in the walls of blood vessels.
baroclinity, baroclinicity, barocliny
In physics, a state of fluid stratification in which isobaric surfaces and isosteric surfaces are not parallel, but intersect.
barocyclonometer
An aneroid barometer with diagrams and directions for detecting the existence of a storm at a distance of several hundred miles.
barodontalgia
Toothache associated with the reduction in atmospheric pressure in high-altitude flying. Also: aerodontalgia.
barodynamics
In mechanics, the study of the mechanics of heavy structures that are liable to collapse under their own weight.
